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|Definition=εος, τό, ([[τεύχω]]) prop.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[tool]], [[implement]]:—but mostly in plural [[τεύχεα]],<br><span class="bld">I</span> [[implements of war]], [[armour]], [[arms]], freq. in Ep.; more precisely, <b class="b3">ἀρήϊα τεύχεα, πολεμήϊα τ.</b>, Il.14.381, 7.193; [[χρύσεια]], [[χαλκήρεα]], 10.439, 15.544; <b class="b3">ποικίλα, αἰόλα παμφανόωντα, μαρμαίροντα</b>, 3.327, 5.295, 18.617; always of a warrior's [[whole]] [[armour]], [[harness]], ἀρήϊα τεύχεα [[δύω]] 6.340, cf. 7.193, al.; ἐς τεύχε' ἔδυνον Od.24.498; κατὰ τεύχε' ἔδυν Il.4.222, cf. 6.504, al.; Πάτροκλον περὶ τεύχεα ἕσσε 18.451; [[ἀπέδυσε]], [[ἐξεδύοντο]], 4.532, 3.114, cf. 13.182, al.; also [[χαλκήρεα]] τεύχε' ἀπ' ὤμων συλήσειν 15.544; Ἕκτορι δ' ἥρμοσε τεύχε' ἐπὶ χροΐ 17.210: Trag. τεύχη A.''Myrm.'' in ''PSI''11.1211.17, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''572,577, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]''617, etc.; uncontr. τεύχεα S.''Ph.''398 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> pl. also, the [[gear]] of a [[ship]], [[oar]]s and the like, ἐγκοσμεῖτε τὰ τεύχε᾽, ἑταῖροι, νηῒ μελαίνῃ Od.15.218; τ. δέ σφ' ἀπένεικαν 16.326.<br><span class="bld">II</span> in Trag. (rarely in Prose, v. infr.) a [[vessel]] of any kind, e.g. [[bathing tub]], A.''Ag.''1128 (lyr., Blomf. [[κύτει]], metri gr.); [[cinerary urn]], τεύχη καὶ [[σποδός]] ib.435 (lyr.), cf. S.''El.''1114,1120, ''Riv.Fil.''57.379 (Crete); [[ballot]]ing-[[urn]], A. ''Ag.''815, ''Eu.''742; [[vase]] for [[libation]]s, Id.''Ch.''99, E.''IT''168 (lyr.); [[vase]] or [[ewer]] for [[water]], Id.''Hec.''609, ''Andr.''167, Diocl.Fr.129; [[cup]], E.''Ion'' 1184; [[amphora]], A.''Fr.''108; [[scent]]-[[pot]], ib.180.5 (pl.); [[matula]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]'' 565; [[pot]] or [[jar]], X.''An.''5.4.28; <b class="b3">ξύλινα τεύχη</b> [[chest]]s, ib.7.5.14; <b class="b3">ἀλφίτων τεύχη</b> a [[meal]]-[[barrel]], Id.''HG''1.7.11; [[beehive]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''625a26; [[capsule]] of a [[poppy]], Nic.''Fr.''74.52.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Medic., of the [[vessel]]s of the [[body]], Hp.''Loc.Hom.''1,24; also, the [[human]] [[frame]], [[body]], as [[holding]] the [[intestine]]s, Id.''Epid.''6.2.1, Arist.''Phgn.''810b19; <b class="b3">τεῦχος νεοσσῶν λευκόν</b> an [[egg]], E.''Hel.''258.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[case]] for holding [[papyrus]] [[roll]]s, ά τεύχους, ά τόμου, κολλήματος ρδ' ''PRyl.''220.78 (ii A.D.); [[roll]] of [[writing]]-[[material]], πεποίηται διπλῆν τὴν.. ἀναγραφὴν ἐν βυβλίνοις καὶ δερματίνοις τεύχεσιν ''Inscr.Prien.''114.30, cf. 11 (i B.C); <b class="b3">κελεύσας εἰς τάξιν ἀποδοῦναι τὰ τεύχη</b> Aristeas 179; <b class="b3">καθὼς ἀνεγνώσθη τὰ τεύχη</b> Id.310, cf. Sm.''Is.''8.1 (where [[LXX]] has [[τόμος]]); βίβλων.. ἐν τεύχεϊ τῷδε πεντάς ''AP''9.239 (Crin.); τ. βιβλειδίων ''BGU''970.4 (ii A.D.); τεῦχος συγκολλησίμων βιβλειδίων ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''2131.4 (iii A.D.); τεῦχος = [[volumen]], ''Glossaria'': hence [[πεντάτευχος]], the [[Pentateuch]], [[ὀκτάτευχος]], the [[Octateuch]].<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[masonry]], [[fabric]], ἀνεκτίσθη τὸ τεῦχος τοῦτο ''Sammelb.''7439.7 (vi A.D.).